#830of 1,000 in 2025

Shaping Our Appalachian Region INC

Location
Pikeville, Kentucky
Sector
Community improvement
Founded
2014
249%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$5.9MFY2025 revenue
28Employees, FY2025
#47of 56 in Community improvement
#15of 16 in Kentucky

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $1,676,989 $1.7M FY22 FY2023: $2,525,672 $2.5M FY23 FY2024: $3,161,432 $3.2M FY24 FY2025: $5,859,256 $5.9M FY25

We count pledges when the cash is received, not when they’re promised, so these numbers differ from Shaping Our Appalachian Region INC’s 990. How we count pledges

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Government grants
$5.3M · 91%
Other revenue
$309K · 5%
Program revenue
$208K · 4%
Total revenue on the 990
$6,842,796
Donated goods and property
− $221,408
Pledges promised this year, not yet received
− $762,132
Revenue we count
$5,859,256

What it does

Shaping our appalachian region, inc. ("soar"), a nonprofit organization, was created with the primary purpose to advance and promote a resilient and diverse eastern kentucky economy by providing leadership, vision, and collaborative partnerships to support innovative regional practices and enhance public and private investments in areas such as job creation, entrepreneurship, tourism, educational and lifelong learning, health and wellness, arts and heritage, and sustainable agricultural practices and food systems.

Leadership

Donovan BlackburnPrincipal officer

EIN 37-1760428 · Full filings on ProPublica

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